A method for machine contractor companies to fulfill the requirements of the European directive on whole-body vibration
Directive 2002/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (vibration) has caused for employers an obligation to establish workers vibration exposures and to plan and implement measures to minimize the injurious effects of vibration. A typical employee exposed to whole-body vibration is an off-road mobile machinery driver. The aim of this study was to develop a method to enable machine contractor companies to meet the directives requirements. The method was developed for the needs of The Trade Association of Finnish Forestry and Earth Moving Contractors. The method was developed through interviews, observations, testing and prevention planning carried out at two member companies of the trade association. Machine contractor companies usually have no expertise or resources for measuring vibration exposure. Therefore, it was decided to base the method on assessment rather than measurement. For this purpose, measuring data was collected from databases, studies and machinery manufacturers. The final method comprises six separate stages.
Toni Hyytinen
Tampere University of Technology Department of Industrial Management Center for Safety Management and Engineering P.O.Box 541 FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-5
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）